Word: chile
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Aquino's triumph inspired many overhasty and wishful predictions of sequels in Chile, South Korea or Pakistan to the Philippines' "People Power." None of those countries, however, suffer under the conditions that ruled in the House of Marcos. Their economies are not in shambles, their corruption is far from exorbitant, their armies remain unshakably loyal to their military leaders. The U.S., moreover, has shown no sign of wishing to help push their strongmen out the door...
...Cambridge-based area chapter of Amnesty International plans to hold a reception at the Boston Children's Museum, featuring films on abuses in Chile and Sri Lanka. Two former "prisoners of conscience," Victor Davidof of the Soviet Union and Lu-Shi Lin of Taiwan, are scheduled to speak...
...group of 29 exiles arrived by plane in Santiago from Argentina. They were not permitted to leave the aircraft, and after four hours were flown back to Buenos Aires. Later in the week Pinochet announced that a plan to permit about a third of the exiles to return to Chile had been postponed...
...staged a grand popular gala in honor of his continued tenure. In full-page newspaper ads the general dubbed the long- planned celebration, seen as a kickoff of his campaign for the presidency in 1989, "The First Day of the Future." Under the 1980 constitution drawn up by Pinochet, Chile's four-man military junta will choose a single presidential candidate, who will then run in a yes-or-no national plebiscite and, if the electorate endorses him, serve until 1997. Three of the four junta members have so far avoided naming Pinochet as their choice. The aim of last...
...Department official: "The best defense against extremism of left or right is support for democracy." Barnes has sought contact with the opposition and in July attended the funeral of a teenager killed during earlier demonstrations. Washington has now threatened to vote against any new multinational loans for economically strapped Chile, whose foreign debt is $19.6 billion...